Diversity
There is no racial or ethnic majority in the school’s undergraduate population. No group of students, including white students, reaches above 50%.
56.4% of our traditional undergraduates identify as students of color.
Religious Background
North Park is home to students from a variety of faith backgrounds.
- Evangelical Covenant Church: 3.5%
- Other Protestant denominations: 16.5%
- Catholic: 17.4%
- Orthodox: 1.7%
- Muslim: 4.6%
- Jewish: .6%
- Other or no faith tradition reported: 55.7%
Accolades and Rankings
From U.S. News & World Report: #73 in Best Midwest Universities
Among Regional Universities Midwest:
#11 in Social Mobility
From WalletHub Best Colleges & Universities: #12 in Illinois
From The Wall Street Journal: #48 in the country for diversity
Academics
- 17 students in an average undergraduate course
- 115 full-time faculty
- 42 majors
- 9 stem majors
- Most popular majors: Nursing, Business, Psychology, Biology, and Health Sciences
- Quarter of a million books in the library
Student Life
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294 dorm rooms on campus
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162 additional Chicago-style apartments available as on-campus housing
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13,970 community members served by student volunteers annually
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30+ student clubs and organizations
- 12 Catalyst on Campus events were hosted with 1,269 attendees
Traditional Undergraduate
Students
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57.6% female and 42.4% male
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65% commuter and 35% on-campus students
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37 states and 19 countries represented
Accreditation
North Park University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and honored by many other accreditation bodies for individual programs. Detailed information on the University’s accreditations is available on the accreditation page.
*Last updated with fall 2023 data.